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Jérome Perrin
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1.
Check to make sure that the system clock on your Docker client and GitLab server have
been synchronized (e.g. via NTP).
2.
If you are using an S3-backed
r
egistry, double check that the IAM
2.
If you are using an S3-backed
R
egistry, double check that the IAM
permissions and the S3 credentials (including region) are correct. See
[
the
sample IAM policy
](
https://docs.docker.com/registry/storage-drivers/s3/
)
for more details.
3.
Check the
r
egistry logs (e.g.
`/var/log/gitlab/registry/current`
) and the GitLab production logs
3.
Check the
R
egistry logs (e.g.
`/var/log/gitlab/registry/current`
) and the GitLab production logs
for errors (e.g.
`/var/log/gitlab/gitlab-rails/production.log`
). You may be able to find clues
there.
# Advanced Troubleshooting
#
#
Advanced Troubleshooting
NOTE:
The following section is only recommended for experts.
>**NOTE:**
The following section is only recommended for experts.
Sometimes it's not obvious what is wrong, and you may need to dive deeper into
the communication between the Docker client and the
r
egistry to find out
the communication between the Docker client and the
R
egistry to find out
what's wrong. We will use a concrete example in the past to illustrate how to
diagnose a problem with the S3 setup.
##
Example:
Unexpected 403 error during push
##
#
Unexpected 403 error during push
A user attempted to enable an S3-backed
r
egistry. The
`docker login`
step went
A user attempted to enable an S3-backed
R
egistry. The
`docker login`
step went
fine. However, when pushing an image, the output showed:
```
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```
This error is ambiguous, as it's not clear whether the 403 is coming from the
GitLab Rails application, the Docker
r
egistry, or something else. In this
GitLab Rails application, the Docker
R
egistry, or something else. In this
case, since we know that since the login succeeded, we probably need to look
at the communication between the client and the
r
egistry.
at the communication between the client and the
R
egistry.
The REST API between the Docker client and
r
egistry is
[
described
The REST API between the Docker client and
R
egistry is
[
described
here
](
https://docs.docker.com/registry/spec/api/
)
. Normally, one would just
use Wireshark or tcpdump to capture the traffic and see where things went
wrong. However, since all communication between Docker clients and servers
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if you know the private key. What can we do instead?
One way would be to disable HTTPS by setting up an
[
insecure
r
egistry
](
https://docs.docker.com/registry/insecure/
)
. This could introduce a
R
egistry
](
https://docs.docker.com/registry/insecure/
)
. This could introduce a
security hole and is only recommended for local testing. If you have a
production system and can't or don't want to do this, there is another way:
use mitmproxy, which stands for Man-in-the-Middle Proxy.
## mitmproxy
##
#
mitmproxy
[
mitmproxy
](
https://mitmproxy.org/
)
allows you to place a proxy between your
client and server to inspect all traffic. One wrinkle is that your system
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The following installation instructions assume you are running Ubuntu:
1.
Install mitmproxy (see http://docs.mitmproxy.org/en/stable/install.html)
2.
Run
`mitmproxy --port 9000`
to generate its certificates. Enter CTRL-C to quit.
3.
Install the certificate from ~/.mitmproxy to your system:
1.
Run
`mitmproxy --port 9000`
to generate its certificates.
Enter
<kbd>
CTRL
</kbd>
-
<kbd>
C
</kbd>
to quit.
1.
Install the certificate from
`~/.mitmproxy`
to your system:
```sh
sudo cp ~/.mitmproxy/mitmproxy-ca-cert.pem /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/mitmproxy-ca-cert.crt
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Running hooks
in
/etc/ca-certificates/update.d....done.
```
## Verifying mitmproxy certifiactes
To verify that the certificates are properly install, run:
To verify that the certificates are properly installed, run:
```
sh
mitmproxy
--port
9000
```
This will run mitmproxy on port
9000
. In another window, run:
This will run mitmproxy on port
`9000`
. In another window, run:
```
sh
curl
--proxy
http://localhost:9000 https://httpbin.org/status/200
```
If everything is setup correctly,
then
you will see information on the mitmproxy window and
If everything is setup correctly, you will see information on the mitmproxy window and
no errors from the curl commands.
## Running the Docker daemon with a proxy
##
#
Running the Docker daemon with a proxy
For Docker to connect through a proxy, you must start the Docker daemon with the
proper environment variables. The easiest way is to shutdown Docker (e.g.
`sudo initctl stop docker`
)
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This will launch the Docker daemon and proxy all connections through mitmproxy.
## Running the Docker client
##
#
Running the Docker client
Now that we have mitmproxy and Docker running, we can
now attempt to login and push a container
image. You may need to run as root to do this. For example:
Now that we have mitmproxy and Docker running, we can
attempt to login and push
a container
image. You may need to run as root to do this. For example:
```
sh
docker login s3-testing.myregistry.com:4567
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What does this mean? This strongly suggests that the S3 user does not have the right
[
permissions to perform a HEAD request
](
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/RESTObjectHEAD.html
)
.
The solution: check the
[
IAM permissions again
](
https://docs.docker.com/registry/storage-drivers/s3/
)
.
Once the right permissions were set, the error w
ent
away.
Once the right permissions were set, the error w
ill go
away.
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